Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
Air SupplyNot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||
Eligible since: 2002First Recording: 1976Previously Considered? No what's this? |
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Essential Albums (?) | Wikipedia | YouTube | |
Lost in Love (1980) | ☆ | ☊ | |
The One That You Love (1981) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Now and Forever (1982) | ☆ | ☊ |
Essential Songs (?) | Wikipedia | YouTube | |
Lost in Love (1980) | ☆ | ☊ | |
All Out of Love (1980) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Sweet Dreams (1981) | ☆ | ☊ | |
Making Love Out of Nothing At All (1983) | ☆ | ☊ |
Air Supply @ Wikipedia
Will Air Supply be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? "Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction." |
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20 comments so far (post your own)One of those acts that excelled at what it did- catchy and cheesy love songs. But, no real shot at consideration for the HOF. Posted by JR on Friday, 04/26/2013 @ 16:06pm |
They deserve to and should be. Posted by Jenny on Sunday, 04/5/2015 @ 17:02pm |
May 12,2015 Air Supply will celebrate 40 years of making music. They deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They still tour and sell out venues through out the world. Their music has grown up a bit, still love songs but rock and roll too, songs have modernized. They put on a great show. Posted by Sue on Friday, 05/1/2015 @ 18:31pm |
After 40 years of touring and releasing albums, after tying the Beatles for successive top 5 singles, after selling millions and millions of albums, after continuing to perform for 5 decades, these guys are not in? Give your head a shake RRHOF! Posted by Lorraine on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 02:08am |
I think this is the only artist page where I've seen the most women comment. Maybe its just me (?). Anyway, as much as I'd love to see their legacy get plenty of respect and some sort of, well, induction, I'd say their best chances of getting them in is if the hall had a soft-rock division. They may be touring and all, but none of that matters to the RRHOF nominating committee. One of my guilty pleasure songs is 'Lost in Love'. Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 02:27am |
My first cassette tape purchases over 35 years ago were "Lost In Love" by Air Supply and "The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack To Xanadu" by E.L.O. and various artists. Posted by Enigmaticus on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 04:03am |
Enigmaticus, Posted by Zuzu on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 08:02am |
Zuzu, Posted by Enigmaaticus on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 09:39am |
Enigmaticus, Posted by Zuzu on Monday, 11/16/2015 @ 10:57am |
Zuzu, that's a pretty good write-up. As far as younger generations redefining genres and such, I think part of it has to with the nature of history-chronicling and historians in general. In the 1996 edition of Top Pop Singles, Joel Whitburn referred to the Backstreet Boys as a vocal group, but by the mid-2000's, even he was using the term '"boy band"' to describe them. Reading the liner notes of one of the doo-wop box sets, one learns that "doo-wop" wasn't even coined until the '70s; before then, it was known as "vocal R&B." I suspect the term was coined not just for marketing and "Oldies" and "Dusties" programming, but also to differentiate it between the '50s and '70s vocal R&B that was becoming big from acts like the Spinners, Stylistics, Delfonics, and strangely enough, the Dells who were also a "doo-wop" group back then. Posted by Philip on Tuesday, 11/17/2015 @ 00:54am |
On Air Supply: They have a case for the RRHOF. AS was one of the first and best Prog Adjacent Australian Soft Rock Bands. They continue to tour 40 years later and Russell is hands down one of the greatest singers. Graham the left handed guitarist crafts some beautiful guitar work. Lost In Love is a Classic where Graham initiates singing and Russell continues later and ends in soaring tenor. Even The Nights Are Better is a solid song as well. Very upbeat. Air Supply has been commercially successful and have many of their songs covered by important artists. When many of rock group have been placed on the scrap heap of history, Air Supply is still around. RRHOF has inducted a wide swath of music groups from James Taylor to The Clash to Darlene Love to NWA. There should be room for Air Supply, America, David Gates & Bread, Pablo Cruise, and groups of this genre. KING Posted by KING on Sunday, 04/23/2017 @ 14:40pm |
Uh, no...👎 Posted by Deth to all puss music on Sunday, 04/23/2017 @ 19:23pm |
For all you nay-sayer take another good look at Air Supply! Their music has evolved over the years! Posted by Susan Lucente on Sunday, 05/6/2018 @ 08:02am |
Air Supply will never be inducted into the HOF Posted by Mark on Sunday, 05/6/2018 @ 09:06am |
YES!!!! The totally deserve to be in the hall. That have numerous hits songs. Have longevity that most bands only wish they had. THey even have their own genre of music that they are well known for. I rather see Air Supply in concert over the majority of the acts already in the Hall of fame Posted by Mike Caldwell on Tuesday, 03/3/2020 @ 00:25am |
Very unlikely. There aren't any/many advocates for easy-listening music in the Nom Com and voting body. They're just soft, lame and boring enough not to get inducted, which is why Air Supply is on my "Sinister Six" list. Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 03/3/2020 @ 12:05pm |
RIP Jim Steinman Posted by Roy on Sunday, 04/25/2021 @ 12:21pm |
They absolutely deserve to be inducted. They've been making new music and touring nonstop since 1975. Whether you consider them to be soft rock, yacht rock or whatever, it's still rock and roll., and they have stood the test of time. Posted by Karen Watson on Friday, 10/1/2021 @ 09:27am |
It is simply a travesty that Air Supply is not in the RRHOF. This hall has so many other acts that are not even half as successfull or talented and even are from a genre separate of Rock n Roll. Air Supply has the durability, the hits, song writing and singing talent that meets the requirements to be in the Hall. It would be a shame that the people behind the induction realize this only once the members of the band are dead. Posted by Belisario Porras on Saturday, 04/27/2024 @ 13:41pm |
It is no from me Posted by power on Saturday, 04/27/2024 @ 13:44pm |
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